Means for propelling machinery by water



2 sheets-sheet 1. C. E. BUELL.

MEANS EOE PEOPELLING MACHINERY BY WATER.

Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

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MEANS FOR PROPELLING MACHINERY BY WATER.

No. 304,072. Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

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PATENT CHARLES E. BUELL, OFNEV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

MEANS FOR PROPELLING lt/lACl-HNERY BY WATER.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 304,072, dai-.ed August 26, 1884.

Application tiled November l5,

.T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CHARLEs E. BUELL, of New Haven, in the county ofN ew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Propelling Machinery by Vater, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to means for produein g motion by the'gravity or pressure of water continuously and automatically supplied; and its object is to furnish a cheap and reliable power which can be easily applied to produce motion in stationary mechanism designed to perform uniform movements-such, for instance, as telegraphic apparatus and apparatus for indicating time.

The invention consists in the combination, with means for furnishing` a\ vater-supply, and motor mechanism adjusted to perform uniform movements, of intermediate mechanism actuated by said water-supply, and devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said intermediate mechanism, so as to insure uniform movements in the motor mechanism, and also in certain other combinations hereinafter set forth. As will be seen farther along, the water-supply flows uniformly, and the mechanism actuated directly by the water is retarded and controlled.-

In the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this description, Figure l representsafront elevation of one form of my invention 5 Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a modification of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by like letters, W is a water-wheel of well-known type, provided with a series of buckets on its periphery.

F is a watersupply pipe intended to conneet `with a tank of water located above the wheel W, or withv the water-service of a city or town, or other means whereby water may be supplied under pressure. The pipe F is provided with the cock c for regulating the ilow of water therefrom.

D is a receptacle for receiving the discharge or drip from the wheel lV, and it is provided with the discharge-pipe G for carrying off the water emptied therein. 0n the shaft of wheel W is a ratchet-wheel, R, which engages with the escapement E, which latter is controlled 1883. (No model.)

by the suspended pendulum P, the wheel R being released and checked thereby in a wellknown manner.

The operation of this ferm of the apparatus, Figs. 1 and 2, is as follows: The cock c being vturned to allow the water to drip frompipeF,

filled as fast as the descending buckets become emptied, the motion of the wheel NV will be continuous and uniform, and the progressive movements of the motor mechanism C will be as regular as if governed by a weight or spring. But a limited quantity of water will be required to keepl the apparatus in motion, and as the waste is automatically carried off the apparatus requires substantially no care.

The apparatus may be inclosed within a suitable casing, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l. `Any well-known type of water-wheel or motor that can be made operative by the gravity or pressure of water-preferably by the gravity-may be substituted for that shown. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the motor mechanism is a clock-work, adapted to be wound up at intervals by the weight of the iioat f actin g upon the ratchet-wheel R, through the intermediate operation of the lever L and pawl P. The fioatF is inclosed within a tank, T, and is gradually raised by the pressure of the water as it is supplied from the inductionpipe'lF. f; Vhen the water in the tank T has reached a level above the bend s of eductionpipe G, asiphonie action is produced and the contentsof the tank T are thus rapidly discharged, leaving the fioat f supported from the lever L" by the rod or corda'. As the float descends under its weight, the spring or weight of themotor mechanism or clock-work is wound up. The gravity or pressure of the water which accumulates in tank Teauses the float f ofhless specific gravity than the water to again rise, when the siphon is again caused to operate, and the process of winding the motor is thus automatically repeated at regular in- IOO tervals.

The length or" time between the intervals of Winding can be made longer or shorter by regulating the water-supply from the pipe F, which can be done through the medium ef the cock a.

I reserve the right to claim in another application any invention not now claimed which is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings of this ease.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. rlhe combinatiomwith means for furnishing a Water-supply, and motor mechanism ad j usted to perform uniform movements, ol" intermediate mechanism actuated by said watersupply, and devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said intermediate mechanism, so as to insure uniform movements in the motor mechanism, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. rlhe combination, with means for furnishing a water-supply, and motormechanism adj usted to perform uniform movements,` ol' intermediate mechanism actuated bysaid water4 supply, devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said intermediate mechanism, and independent means for regulating the discharge ol the water-supply, substantially as shown and described.

The coinbiiiatioii,nith means l'or furnishing a watersupply, and motor mechanism adjusted to perform uniform movements, of intermediate mechanism actuated by said watersupply, devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said intermediate mechanism, independent means for regulating the discharge of the Water-supply, and means for drawing off the waste water, substantially as herein set forth.

4. rlhe con1bination,With means i'orl'urnishing a Watersupply, and motor mechanism adj usted to perl'orm uniform movements, of intermediate mechanism actuated by said Water supply, devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said intermediate mechanism, independent means for regulating the dis charge of the Water, and means for automatr cally removing the water which actuates the said intermediate mechanism, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with means forfurnish ing a water-supply, of mechanism actuated directly by said water-supply, devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said mechanism, and means for regulating the Watersupply independent of the retarding er controlling devices, substantially as set forth.

(5. rlhe combination, with means for furnishing a Water-supply, of mechanism actuated directly by said Water-supply, devices constructed and arranged to retard or control said mechanism, means l'or regulating the Watersupply independent of the retarding or controlling devices, and means 'for automatically removing the water which is discharged by the apparatus, substantially as set l'erth.

7.b The supply-pipe F and watersvheel NV, in combination with the cscapement and pendulum lil 't l), substantially as set fort-h.

S. The supply-pipe F and water-wheel \V, in combination with the escapement and pendulum E R P and the motor mechanism U, substantially as set forth.

9. The supply-pipe F, provided with the cock a and the Water-wheel NV, in combination with the escapement and pendulum IE Alt l. and pipe G for carrying ollVx the waste water, substantially as set forth.

10. The supply-pipe F, having cock a and the Water-wheel NV, in combination with the escapement and pendulum E R l?, motor mechanism C, and Waste-water pipe G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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LENN lflna'rrnemc, A. C. Bumm. 

